Senior parents are looking for prize donations for Safe and Sober Grad Night

The parents of the Paradise High School Class of 2014 are looking for donations to help fund the Safe and Sober Grad All Night Party.

The event will follow graduation on June 5, beginning at 11 p.m. and continuing until 4 a.m. the next morning.

"We are looking for any businesses in town that would like to donate, or even individuals who would like to donate, because it is a parent-run night for the kids to keep them from drinking and driving that night after graduation," Laurie Knifong, who is helping organize the event, said.

So far the event has a $5,000 budget, which will be enough to fund the entertainment, but won't leave money for purchasing prizes. The entertainment includes a DJ, magician, food, photo booth, fortune teller, caricature artist and a cash cube.

"I would like to raise as much as we can, we need to leave some in the account for next year, so it is hard for me to say (how much money we need)," Knifong said. "I would like to be able to give every kid a really good prize."

Prize items will be accepted as donations also, and the event coordinators will be accepting money and prizes all the way up to the morning of the event.

"It is a parent-run thing, it is not a school funded thing," Knifong said. "That is why we need funds from the community."

The group is a nonprofit organization, so all donations will be a tax write-off, Knifong said.

A Facebook page, Paradise High School Class of 2014 Safe & Sober Grad All Night Party, is set up online for more information about the event. People can also learn more by contacting Knifong at 877-8785.